Population in Malawi compared to Russia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malawi and Russia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Russia	Malawi	Russia
1960	3,628,134	119,897,000	-	-
1961	3,715,534	121,236,000	2.41%	1.12%
1962	3,806,307	122,591,000	2.44%	1.12%
1963	3,900,506	123,960,000	2.47%	1.12%
1964	3,997,305	125,345,000	2.48%	1.12%
1965	4,096,157	126,745,000	2.47%	1.12%
1966	4,197,926	127,468,000	2.48%	0.57%
1967	4,303,012	128,196,000	2.5%	0.57%
1968	4,411,054	128,928,000	2.51%	0.57%
1969	4,521,184	129,664,000	2.5%	0.57%
1970	4,633,944	130,404,000	2.49%	0.57%
1971	4,751,434	131,155,000	2.54%	0.58%
1972	4,874,475	131,909,000	2.59%	0.57%
1973	5,003,938	132,669,000	2.66%	0.58%
1974	5,141,337	133,432,000	2.75%	0.58%
1975	5,287,367	134,200,000	2.84%	0.58%
1976	5,443,384	135,147,000	2.95%	0.71%
1977	5,614,983	136,100,000	3.15%	0.71%
1978	5,810,132	137,060,000	3.48%	0.71%
1979	6,028,749	138,027,000	3.76%	0.71%
1980	6,265,529	139,010,000	3.93%	0.71%
1981	6,516,454	139,941,000	4%	0.67%
1982	6,778,879	140,823,000	4.03%	0.63%
1983	7,051,709	141,668,000	4.02%	0.6%
1984	7,332,810	142,745,000	3.99%	0.76%
1985	7,620,508	143,858,000	3.92%	0.78%
1986	7,906,480	144,894,000	3.75%	0.72%
1987	8,293,174	145,908,000	4.89%	0.7%
1988	8,753,262	146,857,000	5.55%	0.65%
1989	9,176,220	147,721,000	4.83%	0.59%
1990	9,545,852	147,969,406	4.03%	0.17%
1991	9,844,227	148,394,216	3.13%	0.29%
1992	10,135,079	148,538,197	2.95%	0.1%
1993	10,284,024	148,458,777	1.47%	-0.05%
1994	10,164,894	148,407,912	-1.16%	-0.03%
1995	10,150,117	148,375,787	-0.15%	-0.02%
1996	10,352,228	148,160,129	1.99%	-0.15%
1997	10,562,035	147,915,361	2.03%	-0.17%
1998	10,792,876	147,670,784	2.19%	-0.17%
1999	11,047,804	147,214,776	2.36%	-0.31%
2000	11,315,942	146,596,869	2.43%	-0.42%
2001	11,593,058	145,976,482	2.45%	-0.42%
2002	11,880,440	145,306,497	2.48%	-0.46%
2003	12,181,574	144,648,618	2.53%	-0.45%
2004	12,500,737	144,067,316	2.62%	-0.4%
2005	12,840,031	143,518,814	2.71%	-0.38%
2006	13,198,701	143,049,637	2.79%	-0.33%
2007	13,576,343	142,805,114	2.86%	-0.17%
2008	13,976,417	142,742,366	2.95%	-0.04%
2009	14,395,788	142,785,348	3%	0.03%
2010	14,826,463	142,849,468	2.99%	0.04%
2011	15,265,022	143,018,195	2.96%	0.12%
2012	15,709,577	143,378,447	2.91%	0.25%
2013	16,161,816	143,805,638	2.88%	0.3%
2014	16,621,538	144,237,223	2.84%	0.3%
2015	17,085,587	144,640,716	2.79%	0.28%
2016	17,557,739	145,015,460	2.76%	0.26%
2017	18,039,715	145,293,260	2.75%	0.19%
2018	18,528,081	145,398,106	2.71%	0.07%
2019	19,025,752	145,453,291	2.69%	0.04%
2020	19,533,888	145,245,148	2.67%	-0.14%
2021	20,047,258	144,746,762	2.63%	-0.34%
2022	20,568,728	144,236,933	2.6%	-0.35%
2023	21,104,482	143,826,130	2.6%	-0.28%
2024	21,655,286	143,533,851	2.61%	-0.2%
2025	22,216,113	142,718,132	2.59%	-0.57%
2026	22,785,530	142,120,553	2.56%	-0.42%
2027	23,366,187	141,773,330	2.55%	-0.24%
2028	23,954,450	141,402,326	2.52%	-0.26%
2029	24,553,499	141,021,009	2.5%	-0.27%
2030	25,160,293	140,628,883	2.47%	-0.28%
2031	25,763,534	140,218,596	2.4%	-0.29%
2032	26,366,760	139,807,207	2.34%	-0.29%
2033	26,978,417	139,414,947	2.32%	-0.28%
2034	27,595,295	139,034,543	2.29%	-0.27%
2035	28,213,784	138,666,694	2.24%	-0.26%
2036	28,835,595	138,311,757	2.2%	-0.26%
2037	29,462,509	137,968,177	2.17%	-0.25%
2038	30,081,741	137,643,032	2.1%	-0.24%
2039	30,691,578	137,336,299	2.03%	-0.22%
2040	31,302,092	137,053,347	1.99%	-0.21%
2041	31,911,242	136,795,588	1.95%	-0.19%
2042	32,517,509	136,558,692	1.9%	-0.17%
2043	33,122,481	136,335,849	1.86%	-0.16%
2044	33,736,523	136,124,845	1.85%	-0.15%
2045	34,350,947	135,933,758	1.82%	-0.14%
2046	34,959,606	135,756,848	1.77%	-0.13%
2047	35,567,989	135,574,181	1.74%	-0.13%
2048	36,165,757	135,372,557	1.68%	-0.15%
2049	36,760,998	135,156,911	1.65%	-0.16%
2050	37,361,672	134,923,391	1.63%	-0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Malawi's population will grow by 64.8% to 37,361,672 people with a rank change from 61st to 55th. The population of Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.